A podcast for thinking people
Melvin Bragg is a host from a different era: knighted for his public radio work, a writer himself, he prepares extensively for each program and holds the guests to a much higher standard than do hosts in almost all other podcasts around these days. Yes he is direct and sometimes rude, probably more so to female guests than male guests (although it’s obvious that some of his favorites are women, eg Angie Hobbes), but at least some instances are actually maneuvers whereby he keeps the guests on topic and in check. The intelligence and articulateness of some of his repeating guests are stunning: I can spend all day listening to Marcus du Sautoy and Ian Stewart on math, Edith Hall on Ancient Greece, or Anthony Grayling on philosophy, and he brings on sometimes independent researchers with extremely unconventional and yet interesting ideas. I take notes on each program as they are so dense in contents. Dislikers can go listen to politically correct hosts politely interview a carefully curated list of racially and ethnically diverse guests (I say this as a colored woman academic), but I take In Our Time with its actual focus on intelligent inquiry and genuine curiosity any day.
omegaxx19 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/25/20
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MattRJones via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/17/16
I appreciate how she mentions that reconciliation can’t be opposed (from the colonizer) because then it’s like starting a fire, burning property, raping women and children, committing genocide,and then putting out the fire and call yourself the hero ! It’s whack !!
firlotte via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 11/02/20
Thinking was never my Forte.....now thinking for sure....a great find for those long journeys home after the office
Kevin Jones via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/19/11
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